MigrantoMigration trends in Niger
Africa
439.4K people from Niger have built lives abroad. That's 1.6% of the country population, spread across 33 different countries
27M
Population
430.4K
Immigrants
439.4K
Emigrants
−9K
Outflow
1.6% of people born in Niger now live abroad
The #112 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Niger
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
105.3K immigrants · 162.7K emigrants
1995
- Mali overtook Nigeria as the largest source of new arrivals
2000
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 106.8K
2005
- Nigeria replaced Ivory Coast as the main destination for those leaving
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 45%
2015
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 107%
2020
- Nigeria overtook Mali as the largest source of new arrivals
Today
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
- Since 1990: 325.1K more foreign-born residents and 276.6K more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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